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Susan, a rich woman living in a condominium in Bukit Timah, was robbed by her online date. The 40-year-old woman met a Caucasian man online. The 36-year-old man works in Kuala Lumpur and the duo "dated" for 15 days via online chat before she invited him to her home. The man took a bus from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on 9 July and brought his luggage in tow around 10.35pm that night. He was captured on the condo's CCTV camera carrying some fast food. The woman invited him in and they watched TV while eating the fast food. She said she felt weak after a few drinks of coke. She passed out before 11pm, and fell asleep for 16 hours. By the time she woke up, it was 3pm the next day. She discovered her entire home ransacked and all her valuables missing. She felt her lips were swollen and fears she had been sexually violated. Susan made a police report and after watching the CCTV footage, she realised she had been drugged and robbed. The thief had already charged 3,000 ringgit (S$1,216) to her credit card by the time she made the report.

Another don't know head, don't know tail ignorant foreigner with one of who run-of-the-mill-you-don't-know-how-lucky-you-are (yawn) letters and only look at things from one narrow perspective. How ancient is the British metro? Does he know ours is a modern world-class land transportation system according to LTA? From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/...ory_753580.html Disruptions quite normal for British metro and rail Published on Jan 10, 2012 AS A Briton on holiday in Singapore this New Year, I am amused by the brouhaha over the disruptions to the MRT system, which culminated in the resignation of SMRT chief executive officer Saw Phaik Hwa ('SMRT chief quits'; last Saturday). In Britain, disruptions to city metro systems and the national rail are as ubiquitous as char siew paus here. When travelling in London, it is quite normal for 'signalling problems' to mean that commuters have to find alternative transport, sometimes wasting hours of time. It is also quite normal for a train to another city to be cancelled at the last minute, wasting half a day, and disrupting schedules. I have to say to Singaporeans who enjoy the MRT system here: The MRT is brilliant; it is cheap, efficient, clean and smooth... I can go on. Given how wonderful it is, I think the occasional lapse in efficiency can be forgiven. Cut Ms Saw some slack, and be thankful you don't live in Britain! Dr Daniel Emlyn-Jones

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Found this blog http://www.angryangmo.com/ lol this guy is certainly angry but agree on some of the stuff he writes about

at around 620pm bukit timah road towards city at the little india junction. i was in the 2nd lane and you were beside me at the 1st lane. after light turn green, you just drive off and drifted 25% into my lane. I had to swerve bit left to avoid collision and blast the horn to alert you. i guess u were not happy afterwards showing me all sorts of gestures and middle finger. if the traffic wasnt heavy, i would have gotten down and ask wat u want u bloody angmo come to sg for a living dun think u are big fark driving a 5series. his ride is a 525 black, SJR827*Y. if anyone of u know this farker, pls tell him to wake up his farking idea. PUI! chao angmo!!

Woman says she got walloped after bumping into the angmo in a train. Angmo says the woman stole his HP. The brawl went from train all the way to station control at Jurong East 进地铁时不小心碰撞到洋汉，女郎声称竟被对方拉出车厢打，还被压倒在地，身受轻伤，报警求救。 这起事件发生在昨天下午3时50分左右，地点是裕廊东地铁站。《晚报》读者唐先生（57岁，行销人员）目睹 此事，第一时间拨电通知《晚报》。 唐先生向记者形容，他看到一名高大洋汉在地铁站内靠近控制间和地铁站闸门处，与一名年轻貌美的女郎起争执， 引起一阵骚动。 唐先生说，个子娇小的女郎不敌洋汉，3次被推倒在地上，站起来反抗后，又被推倒压制在地上，整个过程至少5 分钟。

Saw this on another forum, Sibei power, this SQ steward is well trained in ns. News just out from flyertalk forum with video in Spanish included by passenger who witnessed the incident on board the SQ flight from Barcelona to Spore. Passenger was arrested when SQ plane landed in Spore. Watch how SQ stewards fought with ang moh passenger, gots lots of pow wow, man! Fist fights and kung fu on board! Our pride - NSman ******************************************************************************** "Translation by Headshok's friend" #post136 "in summary it says, the guy was drunk, starts confronting the camera. tries to open the emergency exist. someone tries to calm him down. drunk guy tells the passengers they are all gonna die. passenger subdue him, and try to put plastic cuffs on him, when the plane lands he is taken off by police."

good read from outside view - http://unraveling-singapore.blogspot.com/ Being from the US, and having lived in Singapore for two years, I'm sorry to say that Singapore wouldn't be on my list of choices for a travel destination, and when I do leave Singapore I doubt I'll ever come back, unless I have a layover. I also have trouble seeing myself recommending Singapore as a place to visit. It's not that I hate Singapore. On the contrary, there's quite a bit to love about Singapore, especially as a place where you'd choose to live for a few years. It has great public parks, gyms, community areas, and very organized transit, etc. The problem is prices and worthwhile tourist destinations. Singapore is one of the priciest places to visit in Asia, short of Japan (I'm guessing). For what you'd pay to visit Singapore for two weeks, you could either stay a month in a surrounding country, live in accommodations that are twice as well appointed, or do twice as much while on your holiday. There's cheap food to be had in Singapore, sure, but who goes on holiday to spend every meal at a hawker? It's nice to dip into Asia's hawker areas, but holidays are also about relaxing, eating good, and taking in the sights. Singapore's high prices put a shorter leash on those expenditures than visiting another Asian country like Thailand or Malaysia. The second part of it is that Singapore is like Asia's version of the United States. The country is a conglomeration of cultures from around the region. It's an interesting mix, and again, it's great if you're looking for a place to live because it exposes you to many cultures, but as a tourist I would want to see the original. Just as an example, why eat Hainanese Chicken Rice in Singapore, if you could eat it in Hainan, China? You know what I mean? Singapore is working hard to build tourist attractions, but I don't know why someone would fly from the United States all the way to Singapore just to lose money in a casino or go to Universal Studios. Both of those things can be done in the US. A person flying from the US to Asia would be more inclined to see ancient temples, ride elephants, explore caves, walk the Great Wall, or lay out on white sand beaches and splash in crystal clear water. The attractions that Singapore is setting up seem pale and artificial by comparison. I don't blame Singapore for trying, but realistically Singapore isn't that great a place to go for a holiday. I'm not offering up only criticism though. I think the right angle for Singapore to take is to market itself as a one stop electronics destination. Singapore is already known for having cheap electronics. Maybe the government should focus on promoting that by increase events, bringing down prices, and becoming an electronics sales hub. If people can come to Singapore and get laptops for the whole family at a fraction of the cost they would pay elsewhere, it would encourage shopping tourism. Additionally, while in Singapore that family would engage in other activities, like the casino and Universal Studios perhaps. (This is all based on personal opinion and speculation. I didn't go out and do surveys or anything like that.)

Link An hour ago I was walking through the Sengkang MRT at Compass Point, when a middle aged Singaporean of Chinese descent ran past my wife and myself and spat at my feet. I was not struck, but the movement and intent were obvious. A moment or two passed as I tried to rationalize what had just occurred. I handed my two year old son to my wife and gave chase. I didn't have far to go as he had run into a nearby toilet. I bowled into the swinging door full pelt and almost lost my footing due to the fact that I am so Singaporean-ized that I now wear sandals everywhere. Rounding a corner I found him hastily zipping himself up, catharsis interruptus. I asked him with polite words, but very grim tone, if he had just spat at my feet. His replied semi-apologetically, whilst inching toward the door, that he was very angry with Americans. I am not American; I am Australian, and not a particularly patriotic one at that. I let him know this. By the end of my response he had exited the restroom, where my wife and a small group of bystanders stood by. He may have thought that he was much safer now, but in truth he was never in danger. Not because I wouldn't have beaten some sense into him without a second thought, but because I have a very strong habit of counting security cameras everywhere I go. He began to elaborate on the alleged crimes of Americans and the complicity of Lee Hsien Loong in some SIA concern, but my wife had stood by long enough and began abusing him in such a way that reasonable discourse quickly ended. He wanted to go to the police station, evidently thinking that to feel so threatened must mean that some crime had been committed; when in fact no crime had yet been perpetrated against him. I agreed wholeheartedly and began to lead him in the right direction, but my wife intervened again and insisted that he wasn't worth it. As a Singaporean Malay she believes that bringing governmental authority into any situation is deleterious. I tended to disagree, but hit upon a compromise and asked the unthinking abuser for his IC. Of course I had no right to ask anyone for their identification, but he was so full of his own self righteousness that he pulled it out readily. However he wasn't completely without wit and covered his name and left the number exposed only long enough to see, not memorize. We left the scene then, with my wife hurling damning and unsubstantiatable abuse at him. Meanwhile he launched his own tirade, not at us, but to the crowd in damnation of Lee Hsien Loong. I would have liked to have heard his story, and discussed the issue with him, but warmer heads than mine ended the opportunity. I would have been especially gratified to learn how, from the mere sight of me, he knew my politics in even the simplest regard

Singapore have so many rules till can't tahan? Go home. This guy behave as if his behavior is acceptable if he was home. http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Sto...ory_232860.html